Enameled-iron wainscoting



(No Model.)

P. D. 000K. ENAMELED 4IRON WAINSGOTING.

Patented Nov. 1,- 189Z.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK D. COOK, OF SHARPSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

ENAMELED-IRON WAINSCOTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 485,259, dated November1, 1892. Application led May 1l, 1892. Serial No. 432,616- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

3e it known that I, FREDERICK D. COOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sharpsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented or discovered a new and useful Enameled-IronWalnscoting, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification,Figure l is a front elevation broken away, showing my Wainsootingapplied to a Wall; and Fig. 2 is a section through the same.

The purposes of my invention, generally stated, are to devise a cheapbut very satisfactory wainscoting for kitchens, bath-rooms, stores,schools, ctc., which can be readily put up, and as it is adjustable canbe kept in stock 1n standard sizes and applied without being speciallymade to measure.

The value of enameled iron as Wainscoting for a variety of situationshas heretofore been recognized,since itis aperfect non-absolvent andcannot be marked, cut, or otherwise defaced. Such wainscoting hithertohas been expensive, as it has been made from heavy gage-iron with athick coating of enamel, and, furthermore, no provision has been madefor lapping the same upon the Wall, and hence it has been necessary tomake the sheets to measure, so that they may exactly t the room inquestion. By my invention all these objections are overcome.

I make the wainscoting from a light gage of iron and only put on a thincoat of enamel. Each sheet l has a return-bend 2 at one end.

t Commencing, preferably, at one corner of the room, I secure to thewall 3 in said corner a vertical bar 4, which has been previouslypunched with holes a a,by which said bar may be attached to the Wall.The returnbend 2 of a sheet can be slipped around said bar between thesame and the Wall, as the sheets are so thin. rIhe other and straightend of said sheet Will project along the Wall, and another bar 4 will beset up and nailed to the Wall through the end of said sheet. Around saidsecond bar 4 the returnbend of another sheet may be hooked and the samecontinued until the Wainscoting is completed. It is obvious that thespace back of the up- :right bars 4 l gives an opportunity for lapping,so that the standard sizes of sheets may be used and any excess of totallength be disposed of behind said bars. One end of the sheet, therefore,will be held hooked around the cleat and the other end will be nailed inplace.

'lhe sheets themselves being of a light gage of iron can be nailed rightthrough, and as the coating of enamel is very thin the splinteringfracture made by this nailing will only extend a short distance from thenail-hole and will therefore be concealed behind the metal cleats. TheWainscoting may be completed by atop molding 5 and a base-molding 6, ifdesired. In my Wainscoting there are no exposed edges, a fact whichrenders it Superior to other wainscotings, since it is very diiicult toenamel properly a thin edge, and even after enameled it is readilychipped or peeled.

In putting around windows and the like places, the thin gage of ironwhich I use and the thin coat of enamel enable me to cut the sheet withordinary tinners shears, and that, too, without splintering the enameloutside the line of cut.

l. As wainscoting, the combination of sheets of thin enameled ironhaving areturnbend at one end and a plain edge at the other, andvertical cleats secured to the wall, over which the said return-bend ishooked, the plain end of the adjacent sheet being secured beneath saidcleats, thus permitting of adjustment for length in said Wainscoting,substantially as described and shown.

2. As wainscoting, the combination ot sheets of thin enameled ironhaving a returnbend at one end and a plain edge at the other, andvertical cleats secured to the Wall over Which the said return-bend ishooked, the plain end of the adjacent sheet being secured beneath saidcleats, thus permitting of 'adjustment for length in said Wainscotingand moldings for the base and top of said sheets, substantially asdescribed and shown.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of May, A.D. 1892.

FREDERICK D. COOK.

W'itnesses:

WILLIAM BEAT., WILLIAM L. PIERCE.

